Anthem Foundation

As the philanthropic arm of Anthem, Inc., the Anthem Foundation promotes the organization’s commitment to enhance the health and well-being of individuals and families in the communities we serve. We believe that giving back is not only a privilege, it’s a responsibility.

$40 Million

in open community activity across the country

55,000

employee volunteer hours through Anthem’s Dollars for Doers Program in 2017

$4.6 Million

raised in 2017 through our Employee Giving Program

“Thank you, Anthem Foundation. Your support, commitment and dedication are enabling four million young people to reach their Great Futures.”

Jim Clark

President and CEO, Boys & Girls Clubs of America

“Our lifesaving work wouldn’t be possible without support from Anthem Foundation with whom we’ve collaborated to train millions of new lifesavers in Hands-Only CPR every year.”

Nancy Brown

CEO, American Heart Association

“The March of Dimes is thrilled to partner with Anthem Foundation, to help all moms be healthy, and to ensure all babies have the best chance at a healthy start.”

Stacey D. Stewart

President, March of Dimes

“The American Lung Association is grateful for Anthem’s loyal support and strong partnership. Together, we are helping thousands of Americans quit their deadly addiction to tobacco use.”

Harold Wimmer

President and CEO, American Lung Association

Healthy Generations

Central to the efforts of the Anthem Foundation is the Healthy Generations program, a multigenerational initiative to improve public health. We believe that by targeting and funding efforts to address specific, preventable health concerns, Anthem will help create a healthier generation of Americans.

Trained more than 6.5 million Americans in Hands-Only CPR.

Engaged more than 7,500 women in programs that reduce preterm births.

Provided 46,442 cancer screenings at low or no cost.

Connected with more than 10 million kids through healthy, active lifestyle programs.

Disaster Relief

When disaster strikes, Anthem and the Anthem Foundation are committed to providing an appropriate and thoughtful response, particularly in communities where our employees and consumers may be directly affected.

Employee Volunteerism

At Anthem, we believe strongly in giving back to the community. Year-round, employees contribute time, energy and resources to food banks, blood drives, health and vision screenings and a multitude of volunteer services.

You and Your Baby

Prematurity is the #1 killer of babies in the U.S. Compared with full-term newborns, babies born even a few weeks early have higher rates of illness and hospitalization.

These births take a toll on families; they are also estimated to cost more than $26 billion annually, according to the National Academy of Medicine. We believe that targeting preventable health concerns by making strategic charitable choices will help us create a healthier generation of Americans. The Anthem Foundation—one of the country’s largest corporate foundations—is a private, nonprofit philanth ropic organization wholly funded by Anthem, Inc. Central to the efforts of the Anthem Foundation is the Healthy Generations program, a multigenerational initiative to improve public health.

Removing barriers to good health

The Anthem Foundation understands that many societal and personal factors—including social, behavioral and environmental influences—can have direct, significant effects on our health and well-being.

That’s why the Anthem Foundation, through our signature Healthy Generations program, is pledging $20 million by 2020 to qualified nonprofit organizations with community initiatives that address the social determinants of health.

With more than $40 million already at work in our communities, we’re confronting chronic issues, focusing on underserved populations.

Our support of the Boys & Girls Clubs of America helps provide 75 million free, healthy meals annually to kids. Working with the March of Dimes, we’ve offered 6,600 high-risk moms in 15 states crucial prenatal care. And our nearly $1 million grant to the American Lung Association offers smoking-cessation strategies to residents of federally subsidized housing.

Putting College within Reach

To help employees obtain college degrees, Anthem has partnered with the nonprofit, fully accredited College for America, which specializes in meeting the needs of working individuals.

Anthem believes in helping its employees expand their horizons and fully develop their potential. With programs that encourage flexible, online work and offer them access to the resources of an accredited university, Anthem employees learn at a self-directed pace. Everything they need is included and available around the clock, with advisors specially assigned to the students to support them throughout their degree programs. The highly affordable tuition for this opportunity for employees to advance their education is only $2,500 per year—which Anthem fully reimburses. Since the program was launched in June 2015, 206 Anthem employees have earned their college degrees and enhanced their career growth.

Freedom from Smoking

The American Lung Association with a grant from the Anthem Foundation is offering quit-smoking support to residents of public housing.

A nearly $900,000 grant will help implement the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development’s smoke-free housing rule successfully through a Smoking Cessation program for low-income housing residents. This initiative will engage thousands of residents in the cessation process and will reduce or eliminate exposure to secondhand smoke for more than a million residents in states where Anthem has a presence.

The American Lung Association and the Anthem Foundation have been long-time partners in helping people to quit smoking and this grant will build on that strong foundation.

Hands-Only CPR

Through a grant from the Anthem Foundation, the American Heart Association is training people to save lives using the lifesaving Hands-Only CPR technique.

Thanks to the American Heart Association (AHA) and the Anthem Foundation, kiosks have been installed at major airport hubs across the country. The kiosks—which feature a touch screen with a “how-to” video, followed by a practice session and CPR test—are at the Chicago O'Hare International, IndianapolisInternational, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International, Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall, Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky, Orlando International, and John Wayne Airports.

The kiosks are just one aspect of the Anthem Foundation’s partnership with the AHA. For the past four years, the two organizations have been working closely to educate people about Hands-Only CPR. To date, more than 6.5 million people have been trained in this lifesaving skill, helping prepare them to offer crucial emergency assistance to save the lives of strangers—and those they love most.

An ENERGY STAR Partner

Anthem, Inc. is transforming how the company manages its offices and data centers. An ENERGY STAR partner, Anthem is embracing energy efficiency, building by building.

Today Anthem has over 7 million square feet of ENERGY STAR-certified space (over 80 percent of the Anthem real estate portfolio). As part of our energy management platform, it has helped us significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions and saved the company over $10 million since 2013.

Established in 1992 by the Environmental Protection Agency, ENERGY STAR is a voluntary program that helps save money and protect the environment by promoting energy efficiency. Since 1999, more than 25,000 buildings across the country have earned certification, saving nearly $3.4 billion on utility bills and lowering greenhouse gas emissions. On average, ENERGY STAR certified buildings use 35 percent less energy and cause 35 percent fewer greenhouse gas emissions than similar buildings.

Anthem Health Champions

The Anthem Health Champion program recognizes individuals that have dedicated their life to leading healthy, active lifestyles and are inspiring others to do the same across the U.S.

Our champions increase awareness for critical health challenges and raise funds for local organizations that are making a health difference in their communities across the U.S. All activities, donations and funds generated by the Anthem Health Champion program benefit local community organizations that are improving the health of the individuals they serve. With childhood obesity being recognized at the No. 1 health concern among parents and pediatric cancer recognized as the No. 1 cause of death by disease in children in the U.S., local Champion campaigns help support a wide diversity of programs that provide early health interventions among children and teens.

Michael Phelps is an Anthem Health Champion. Learn about his efforts.

One of the World’s Most Ethical Companies

Anthem has been recognized as one of the 2018 honorees for the World’s Most Ethical Companies award.

Anthem joins a list of 135 honorees from 23 countries and 57 industries distinguished by the Ethisphere Institute. This prestigious award analyzes an organization’s strength in the following key areas: Ethics and Compliance Program, Culture of Ethics, Corporate Citizenship & Responsibility, Corporate Governance, and Leadership, and Innovation & Reputation.

Our employees and leaders play an integral role in helping Anthem achieve this award, and it underscores the value our employees and leaders place on conducting business ethically and in compliance with the law. The award is an indication we are using our voices to report issues, misconduct, fraud, waste, and abuse, and are identifying privacy and security concerns. While this award is just one benchmark, it reflects the importance we place on having an effective company-wide Ethics, Compliance and Privacy program.

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A New Round of Grants

Building on its $40 million already at work, the Anthem Foundation has committed $15 million in new grants to nonprofit organizations that are implementing programs that support the Healthy Generations initiative.

“We’re thrilled to announce this new round of grants, which will build on our work to create a healthier generation of Americans,” said Lance Chrisman, executive director of the Anthem Foundation. “From reducing preterm birth rates to doubling cardiac arrest survival rates, we’re proud to partner with some of the most impactful nonprofits across our communities.”

Grant recipients include:

American Red Cross
Annual Disaster Giving Program

Camillus House, Inc.
Institute of Success and Personal Achievement Program

Recognized for Supporting Smoke-Free Housing

The Anthem Foundation was given the 2018 HUD Secretary’s Award for Public-Philanthropic Partnerships for its work with the American Lung Association (ALA) in offering free smoking-cessation programs.

To help implement the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development’s smoke-free housing rule successfully, the Anthem Foundation worked with the ALA to introduce the Freedom from Smoking® program to residents of public housing developments in 14 states.

This initiative will engage thousands of residents in the cessation process and will reduce or eliminate exposure to secondhand smoke for more than a million residents.

The Power of a Plant

Anthem and its health plan subsidiaries are proud to partner with Green Bronx Machine, a nonprofit organization that is growing healthier communities through inspiring educational and workforce opportunities.

Stephen Ritz, a teacher in New York’s South Bronx district and the author of The Power of a Plant, pioneered a new hands-on approach to addressing childhood obesity, student motivation and school performance. His vision grew into Green Bronx Machine, an agricultural program that dramatically transforms students’ performance and health.

Students learn how to grow vegetables such as tomatoes and eggplants in their classrooms in tall tower gardens, as well as outside in garden boxes when the weather is warm. They harvest what they grow, learn to cook it for friends and family and even sell some of their crops. In the process, they pick up healthy habits and business skills.

Green Bronx Machine has been implemented in over 6,000 schools worldwide. With Anthem’s help, the program will extend to many more states in the next 12 months, beginning with Indiana, Georgia, Texas and Ohio.

A Pipeline of Diverse Talent

Through internship programs and partnerships Anthem is developing a talent pipeline that reflects the communities we serve.

In 2012, Anthem’s Sales organization created the Sales Diversity Internship Program (SDIP) focused on improving the racial diversity of our Sales workforce by recruiting diverse students and offering them experiences to develop critical skills as they enter the workforce. Since its inception SDIP has hosted 41 ethnically diverse interns and hired 16 to full-time positions.

In 2015, Anthem joined the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) Corporate Scholar Program, which provides scholarships, internships and mentoring for rising college juniors, seniors and graduate students. Participants include African Americans, Asian Pacific Islander Americans, American Indian/Alaskan Natives and Hispanic Americans. Since the partnership with UNCF began, Anthem has awarded 15 academic scholarships and has offered SDIP internships to 12 students.

In addition, Anthem launched in 2018, a new internship program designed for individuals with disabilities. The inaugural group of interns includes 13 graduate and undergraduate students from a variety of academic institutions. With the partnership of a mentor, these interns completed an 11-week curriculum focused on critical skills for those who are early in their careers.

A True Health Champion

In celebration of her lifetime achievements in creating healthier and more-inclusive communities, tennis legend Billie Jean King was given the Anthem Health Champion Award.

The Anthem Foundation recognized professional tennis legend and longtime advocate for social justice and women’s equality Billie Jean King, the first woman to receive the Anthem Health Champion Award. Billie Jean King’s lifelong commitment to empowering generations of women through sports and physical activity has had a positive impact on the health and wellness of thousands of individuals throughout the country.

Launched in 2015, the Anthem Health Champion Award was designed to create greater awareness of the critical health issues facing our communities and recognize people who have a positive impact on the health and wellness of the country, who are dedicated to leading healthy, active lifestyles and who inspire others to do the same.

The Anthem Foundation has given the award to such athletes as Glenn Robinson III, Michael Phelps, Eli Manning and Jake Steinfeld; their philanthropic work communicates the need to improve overall public health.

A Healthier Generation

Since 2010, the Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BGCA) and the Anthem Foundation have teamed up to deliver health promotion and programming that improve the health and wellness of today’s youth.

As a signature partner, the Anthem Foundation provides support for BGCA’s proven program Triple Play: A Game Plan for the Mind, Body and Soul. Triple Play recognizes that focusing on whole-child health fosters young people’s ability to gain diverse knowledge and skills that help them overcome barriers to wellness and positively affect their future health. Today, nearly eight million children have participated in Triple Play.

“Social determinants of health”—how people live, work and play—affect health profoundly. The Anthem/BGCA partnership supports whole-child health and wellness programming reaching those who need it most. BGCA serves a diverse population of youth through 4,300 club sites nationwide and on U.S. military installations around the globe.

To broaden awareness of the program, the Anthem Foundation works with BGCA to promote Triple Play and explain its benefits. A recent press release garnered 14,280,270 impressions. On June 28, 2018, National Triple Play Day took place in New York; 13 interviews about it earned an audience impression of 64,861,212. And an easy-to-understand video highlights the program’s strengths.

Anthem, Inc. Is Named to the 2018 Dow Jones Sustainability Index

The Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) has recognized Anthem for its corporate sustainability leadership and chosen it as a DJSI Health Care Providers & Services Company.

The DJSI, the gold standard for corporate sustainability, is based on an analysis of corporate economic, environmental and social performance. It is published annually by S&P Dow Jones Indices and RobecoSAM, a sustainable asset management firm.

“At Anthem, we strive to simplify healthcare and improve the lives of those we serve,” says Gail Boudreaux, president and CEO, Anthem, Inc. “We are proud to be included on the 2018 Dow Jones Sustainability Index for our work to empower communities, improve the sustainability of our business, operate with integrity and advance an inclusive workplace. Corporate responsibility is integral to our success as a company. While we are pleased to be recognized for the work we are doing today, we are focused on making an even greater impact and creating a healthier future for all Americans and the world around us.”